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That list includes city councilman Alfredo Castillo and Bridgeport’s Democratic vice chairwoman Wanda Geter-Pataky, who are accused of illegally taking possession of voters’ absentee ballots during the 2019 and 2023 elections.
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
In the nineteen-forties, Harlem twice elected a city councilman, Ben Davis, who was an avowed, card-carrying member of the Communist Party and ended up serving five years in prison under an anti-Communist law.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Those would be none other than our District 1 councilman, Joe LaCava, along with Jennifer Campbell, Henry Foster, Stephen Whitburn, Kent Lee and Sean Elo-Rivera.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
James, who served as mayor between 1986 and 2006, died Sunday at an elder care facility in West Orange, according to his son John Sharpe James, a former Newark city councilman.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 May 2025
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Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
In the nineteen-forties, Harlem twice elected a city councilman, Ben Davis, who was an avowed, card-carrying member of the Communist Party and ended up serving five years in prison under an anti-Communist law.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Those would be none other than our District 1 councilman, Joe LaCava, along with Jennifer Campbell, Henry Foster, Stephen Whitburn, Kent Lee and Sean Elo-Rivera.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
James, who served as mayor between 1986 and 2006, died Sunday at an elder care facility in West Orange, according to his son John Sharpe James, a former Newark city councilman.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 May 2025
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“Councilman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/councilman. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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councilman
noun
coun·cil·man
ˈkau̇n(t)-səl-mən 
: a member of a council (as of a town or city)
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